Anxiety Disorder – When Nobody Understands

hide_faceTrying to work your way through anxiety disorder is a lonely road. Try as you might, people just can not seem to wrap their head around it. It is not hard to understand why. Most of us that have suffered through anxiety disorder fully understand how complicated and confusing it can be. I know for me it is the one thing in my life that I have not been able to fully master, and I have my doubts that I ever will entirely. When you consider this, it is even easier to understand how someone that is not experiencing it can be confused and frustrated. What are we to do? Read the rest of this entry »

Exercise and Anxiety – How to Keep Going

iStock_000000585222XSmallAnxiety disorder can cause a great many problems in a person’s life, and a lack of exercise is a very common one. When a person suffers from anxiety disorder, they often freeze with fear over their symptoms. This can cause them to avoid any measure of exercise, for fear they will make “whatever is wrong with them” worse. The truth is, they may be avoiding the very thing that can solve their anxiety.
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Fighting Anxiety Attacks In Public

mentalEveryone that suffers from panic and anxiety attacks in public knows that familiar feeling of shame and embarrassment. Your heart starts to race a hundred beats a minute, you begin to sweat and the world sometimes begins to spin around you. Recovering from an anxiety attack in public is possible, no matter how hard it may seem to be on the surface.
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